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PERTH The town’s animal control officer was arrested by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday on two misdemeanors for a Jan. 4 incident involving the alleged illegal firing of a gun around church property at a dog he claimed was aggressive.
Joseph Passino, 61, no address provided the current animal control officer for the town of Perth was charged with one count of second-degree reckless endangerment and one count of illegal discharge of a firearm, both misdemeanors.
Deputies said Passino was charged Wednesday at the sheriff’s office following an investigation.
“It was reported to us that someone was at a residence and shooting someone’s dog,” Sheriff Richard Giardino said Wednesday.
McDONOUGH â Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett announced a new multi-pronged partnership to bring de-escalation training to the departmentâs deputies.
Pepsi Stronger Together, The Close the Gap Foundation and the Shaquille OâNeal Foundation are coming together with the HCSO and the Fulton County Sheriffâs Office to train 30 department members in de-escalation techniques dubbed Train the Trainers program.
The trainers will, in turn, bring the information back to their sheriffâs offices.
The program, the first of its kind in the country, will show the community the department is ready to put ârubber to the roadâ and practice 21st century community policing, Scandrett said.
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